The Real History of Science Fiction

The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction, told through its impact on cinema, television and literature, with the help of filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists. Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens.

Main Cast of The Real History of Science Fiction

Dominic Sandbrook as Himself - Presenter

Dominic Sandbrook

as Himself - Presenter (4 episodes)
Mark Gatiss as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Mark Gatiss

as Himself - Narrator (voice) (4 episodes)

Mark Gatiss is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and novelist. He is known as a member of the comedy team The ...

Ronald D. Moore as Self

Ronald D. Moore

as Self (2 episodes)

Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek; on...

Arthur C. Clarke as Self (archive footage)

Arthur C. Clarke

as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes)

Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science ...

Keir Dullea as Self

Keir Dullea

as Self (2 episodes)
Anthony Daniels as Self

Anthony Daniels

as Self (2 episodes)

Anthony Daniels (born 21 February 1946) is an English actor and mime artist, best known for playing C-3PO in 10 Star ...

Kenny Baker as Self

Kenny Baker

as Self (2 episodes)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker (24 August 1934 – 13 August 2016) was a British a...

Edward Neumeier as Self

Edward Neumeier

as Self (2 episodes)
Gale Anne Hurd as Self

Gale Anne Hurd

as Self (3 episodes)

Gale Anne Hurd (born October 25, 1955) is an American film and television producer, the founder of Valhalla Entertain...

Douglas Trumbull as Self

Douglas Trumbull

as Self (3 episodes)
John Landis as Himself

John Landis

as Himself (2 episodes)

John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for hi...

Adam Rogers

as Himself (2 episodes)
John Carpenter as Self

John Carpenter

as Self (2 episodes)
Phil Tippett as Self

Phil Tippett

as Self (3 episodes)

Phil Tippett is an American filmmaker and multi-award-winning visual effects supervisor and producer, specializing in...

William Gibson as Himself

William Gibson

as Himself (2 episodes)
Richard Dreyfuss as Self

Richard Dreyfuss

as Self (2 episodes)

An American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, in...

Neil Gaiman as Self

Neil Gaiman

as Self (3 episodes)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Neil Richard Gaiman (born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fict...

Michio Kaku as Self

Michio Kaku

as Self (3 episodes)

Kim Stanley Robinson

as Self (2 episodes)
Ed Solomon as Himself

Ed Solomon

as Himself (2 episodes)
Karen Gillan as Herself

Karen Gillan

as Herself (2 episodes)

Karen Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress, director, and screenwriter from Inverness, Scotland. She ...

David Tennant as Himself

David Tennant

as Himself (2 episodes)

David John Tennant is a Scottish actor known for his roles in Doctor Who, Casanova, Hamlet, Harry Potter and the Gobl...

Steven Moffat as Himself

Steven Moffat

as Himself (2 episodes)

Steven W. Moffat is a British TV writer. After he established himself as a comedic writer early on in his career, wri...

Charlie Jane Anders

as Self (4 episodes)
David Webb Peoples as Himself

David Webb Peoples

as Himself (2 episodes)

Janet Peoples

as Herself (2 episodes)
Rutger Hauer as Himself

Rutger Hauer

as Himself (2 episodes)
Edward James Olmos as Himself

Edward James Olmos

as Himself (2 episodes)

Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, and activist. He is best known...

Secondary Cast of The Real History of Science Fiction

Isaac Asimov as Himself (archive footage)

Isaac Asimov

as Himself (archive footage) (1 episode)
Paul Verhoeven as Himself

Paul Verhoeven

as Himself (1 episode)
Peter Weller as Himself

Peter Weller

as Himself (1 episode)

Peter Frederick Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. He is best k...

Brian Aldiss as Himself

Brian Aldiss

as Himself (1 episode)
Haley Joel Osment as Himself

Haley Joel Osment

as Himself (1 episode)

Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an American actor. After a series of roles in television and film during t...

Hampton Fancher as Himself

Hampton Fancher

as Himself (1 episode)

Owen Paterson

as Himself (1 episode)
William Shatner as Self

William Shatner

as Self (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, ...

Nathan Fillion as Self

Nathan Fillion

as Self (1 episode)

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Ma...

Zoe Saldaña as Self

Zoe Saldaña

as Self (1 episode)

Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego (born June 19, 1978) is an American actress. Known primarily for her work in science fictio...

Nichelle Nichols as Self

Nichelle Nichols

as Self (1 episode)

Nichelle Nichols (born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 - July 30, 2022) was an American actress, singer and vo...

Nicholas Meyer as Self

Nicholas Meyer

as Self (1 episode)
Rick Carter as Self

Rick Carter

as Self (1 episode)

Rick Carter is an American production designer and art director. He is known for his work in the film Forrest Gump, w...

Veronica Cartwright as Self

Veronica Cartwright

as Self (1 episode)

Veronica Cartwright (born 20 April 1949) is an English-born actress who has worked mainly in American film and television.

Ursula K. Le Guin as Self

Ursula K. Le Guin

as Self (1 episode)
Alan Ladd Jr. as Self

Alan Ladd Jr.

as Self (1 episode)
Roland Emmerich as Himself

Roland Emmerich

as Himself (1 episode)
Joe Dante as Himself

Joe Dante

as Himself (1 episode)

Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fictio...

Chris Carter as Himself

Chris Carter

as Himself (1 episode)
Carl Sagan as Himself (archive footage)

Carl Sagan

as Himself (archive footage) (1 episode)
Peter Coyote as Himself

Peter Coyote

as Himself (1 episode)

Peter Coyote (born Rachmil Pinchus Ben Mosha Cohon; October 10, 1941) is an American actor, author, director, screenw...

Christopher Lloyd as Himself

Christopher Lloyd

as Himself (1 episode)

Christopher Allen Lloyd (born October 22, 1938) is an American actor. He has appeared in many theater productions, fi...

Bob Gale as Himself

Bob Gale

as Himself (1 episode)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michael Robert "Bob" Gale (born May 21, 1951) is an American screenwriter who...

Rian Johnson as Himself

Rian Johnson

as Himself (1 episode)

Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir...

Alex Winter as Himself

Alex Winter

as Himself (1 episode)
Syd Mead as Himself

Syd Mead

as Himself (1 episode)
Scott Bakula as Himself

Scott Bakula

as Himself (1 episode)

Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor, known for his role as Sam Beckett in the television...

Donald P. Bellisario as Himself

Donald P. Bellisario

as Himself (1 episode)

Donald Paul Bellisario (born August 8, 1935) is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and some...

Danny Rubin as Himself

Danny Rubin

as Himself (1 episode)

Audrey Niffenegger

as Herself (1 episode)

Crew of The Real History of Science Fiction

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